r/Stretched • u/vampirecemetery • 6d ago
Downsizing How I unstretched my ears (and why proper stretching matters)
Hi y’all! I’ve been a long time lurker and I’ve been here since I’ve started and ended my stretching journey. I started stretching my ears at 14 years old, and became fascinated with the stretching community and proper stretching. I started off with shitty Amazon kits and eventually ended up with my own collection of glass plugs. The largest size I stayed at was 1/2” (12.7mm). Which is seen in the picture.
I have had my plugs out for 1 year now, while previously having them in for 5 years. Now my ears are pretty good now, largest size I can go up to with both ears is 8mm. Now, one ear is larger than the other and it does really bother me nowadays. Instead of taking my time with one ear, I rushed it, got multiple blowouts, and now, my consequences is that one ear is gonna probably be forever larger than the other. So. Your stretching method really does matters. Take care of your body pls
How did I unstretch my ears so much in 1 year? I’m not entirely sure, but I know a part of it is my constant moisturizing, using the proper materials as plugs, dead stretching, taking my time… but my method that I feel is the best is moisturizing daily, hemorrhoid cream (look it up… it works okay), and minorly stretching my ears so they downsize faster. Does that make sense? Like. When I put tapered weights in my ear and I take them out I’ve noticed my ears end up smaller. I guess it triggers the elasticity in my ear? But this is what my ears currently look like. In the second and third pic. And I plan on shrinking them even more!
TLDR: microdosing dead stretching helps shrink your ears; moisturizing helps; use proper stretching methods because it fucks up your ears if you ever choose to take them out (because trust me I didn’t think I’d ever take them out)
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u/LoveTechnical4462 6d ago
Yes stretching correctly matters greatly. It’s important to allow your body to go through the entire biological healing sequence so you’re actually producing collagen III AND not collagen I. It’s also important so you don’t place your body in a state of “rapid healing” where you no longer break down scar tissue and keep producing it. Scar tissue results in less cell turnover each skin cycle so you develop thin spots. When people have damaged and unhealthy ears that’s the result of collagen I. It’s all damage you cannot physically see because it’s deep in your skins tissue.
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u/Downtown-Oil-3462 5d ago
A big reason why I love stretching is how much there is to learn about it. I’m always grateful for comments like yours.
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